I have stripes etched into my brain as I continue to dye and knit all of your Crowdfunder rewards! Thank you again for your support (and patience) 😁
Anita jumpers have been on the machine today - the bright ochre, almost gingery colour yarn is dyed with rhubarb root and gives a vibrant pop of plant dyed colour against the natural grey and brown British wool. 🐑

This lil jumper, fresh off the needles! As soft and fluffy as a lamb 🐑
Made from a loopy mohair yarn mixed with some squishy 10ply Peruvian wool.
Anyone else HATE weaving in the ends as much as me...? 😭
#thelittlelambjumper

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my favourite wool item is sort of hard to pin down - wool is literally all over my home and usually my body as well. pretty soon my bed will be a woolen cocoon. but i think one of my top wool loves is the green @pendletonwm button-up in this photo. when i went to iceland last year with @samsonphotography and @marshallhaywood , samson had this shirt among his clothes and i stole it midway through our trip because, as i said at the time, “it looks cuter on me” (i’m mildly notorious for “borrowing” clothes from people in my life...it’s a thing 🤷🏻‍♀️). marshall has actually been the original owner of the shirt and then passed it on to samson before i spotted it. i gave it back before i flew home from our trip, but then samson gifted it to me a few months later, which as far as i’m concerned means we reached consensus about it looking the cutest on me 🙃
i’ve now worn it and washed it (boiled wool needs to be washed a bit more often than handknits i’ve found...maybe that’s just my own body and not actually anything legit) enough times for the sleeves to have shrunk up a little bit, despite always washing in cold water and hanging to dry. i’m not too concerned yet because it’s still my favourite, and i just need to roll up the sleeves and expose my wrist ink to maintain the cuteness factor, but i suppose at some point it might get too small to wear. if that happens, i haven’t decided if i’ll continue the tradition of passing it along or if i’ll repurpose the raw materials into new routine projects. we’ll see i suppose 🤷🏻‍♀️ what’s your favourite wool item?

Where to next? This week’s travel pick brings us to Arizona, United States to explore the Grand Canyon. It sprawls over 445 kilometers (277 miles) long and is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The mighty Colorado River has been carving this site out for six million years, and it has become a popular destination for tourists to gaze out over its red and orange grandeur. There are numerous ways to see it’s vastness including hiking, river rafting, horseback, and more. #PackYourHardvark

This lovely Yellow Ochre Geo throw has just returned to stock... thank you to everyone who's waited patiently for this design, we promise it's worth the wait!

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Classy style and classy colour ⬜️

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Have you any idea how hard it is to photgraph yourself wearing gloves?!?
Wovember day 19 is "favourite wool item" & currently I have 2. The gloves are fresh off the needles, knitted in @edencottageyarns Carlisle fingering (Larch). I love this wool, which I bought on a whim because the colour looked so beautiful. It's 100% superwash merino 4 ply and has gone straight to the top of my favourite yarns (yes, Milburn has been shunted into second place!) The shawl is an old favourite and is probably the thing I wear most. It hangs on a hook by the back door and I pull it on when summer evenings get cooler and winter mornings call for extra snuggles! The pattern is Mara, which you can find on Ravelry. The wool is Shilasdair luxury DK. I'm pleased with my knitting skills - and the ability to clothe myself in natural fibres - but I think my selfie technique needs work though!
#wovember#doaswovember#choosewool#edencottageyarns#handmadewardrobe#30wears#sustainablestyle#imademyclothes

10% OFF continues 🌿
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Type in WOOL at checkout to get 10% off your shop ..I’m including Aran, handmade bonnets, hats and booties as well as my new Donegal Socks. 🌿
All of these pieces in the photo are in shades of Green but we also have other colours 🌿

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ok, ok, technically this isn’t wool, it’s mohair from @mulock12 ’s angora goats, but i’m counting it for today’s #fleece post because these 6.5lbs will be joining my other fleeces @longwayhomestead to make some super special sock yarns! 🐑
hopefully i’ll have a special episode up in time for their debut next month at the #tinycovenstudiosholidaysale (with @sunflowerknit , @longwayhomestead , @fermefiolafarm , @bearandbunnyyarn , and @gracewboyd ) that details the process of creating these special @pembinafibreshed yarns. unlike my usual process, i won’t be putting the skeins through my dye pots because i want the individual fleeces to shine in all their glory. but i will be developing a sock base to dye with @longwayhomestead later, and teaching some natural dye classes with natural sock yarns @wolseleywool in the new year. the world of wool always has new things to teach me. we’re so lucky to be able to always be learning no matter our ages 🖤

Just finished #knitting the last of 149 #scottishlambswool hot water bottles that I have been working on for the past month. Now to sew in all the ends before I go home for a drink and wash the last few. Then they will be ready for drying, pressing, labelling and packing later this week before they are ready to ship. It’s going to be a busy week! 😉

yesterday i was at my parents’ with willow and didn’t bother bringing my camera or computer, so i forgot to post for #wovember ’s label prompt. but here we are, just one day late! not too shabby, considering my usual practice of bailing on monthly challenges like this by now 🙃
when i started selling my naturally dyed yarn, i would handwrite every label and use a rubber stamp for my (old) logo. it was sweet to look at, but the amount of time it took and the amount my hands would cramp were less sweet. i switched to skein bands when i changed all my bases to canadian fibres only about a year ago, and saved myself a lot of time and energy and grief by getting them printed a block and a half away from my house at my local independent print shop. i’m extra excited about adding more information to my upcoming sock yarns - everything from the farms to the mill is within an hour’s drive of winnipeg, so it’s a super special project for me that i’m excited to highlight on my labels! 🏷
for those of you running farm stores, natural dyeing operations, or other small businesses, what are the small ways you find to save yourself extra labour and where do you choose to keep those small handmade touches because it’s worth the extra effort to you?